Title XVI, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)

1. A person commits murder in the second degree when the person commits murder which is not murder in the first degree. 2. Murder in the second degree is a class “B” felony. However, notwithstanding section 902.9, subsection 1 , paragraph “b” , the maximum sentence for a person c…

1. A person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another to commit murder as defined in section 707.1 , with the intent that such act be done and under circumstances which corroborate that intent by clear and convincing evidence, solicits another to commit th…

1. A person commits voluntary manslaughter when that person causes the death of another person, under circumstances which would otherwise be murder, if the person causing the death acts solely as the result of sudden, violent, and irresistible passion resulting from serious provo…

1. A person commits involuntary manslaughter punishable as: a. A class “D” felony when the person unintentionally causes the death of another person by the commission of a public offense other than a forcible felony or escape. b. An aggravated misdemeanor when the person unintent…

1. A person who injures or causes the death of the aggressor through application of reasonable force in defense of the person’s person or property shall not be held civilly liable for such injury or death. 2. A person who injures or causes the death of the aggressor through appli…

1. A person commits a class “B” felony when the person unintentionally causes the death of another by operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, as prohibited by section 321J.2 . 1A. Upon a plea or verdict of guilty of a violation of subsection 1 , the defendant shall surrender…

1. Any person who intentionally terminates a human pregnancy, with the knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant person, after the end of the second trimester of the pregnancy where death of the fetus results commits feticide. Feticide is a class “C” felony. 2. Any person w…

1. A person who terminates a human pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a forcible felony is guilty of a class “B” felony. 2. A person who terminates a human pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a f…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Abortion” means abortion as defined in section 146.1 . b. “Fetus” means a human fetus. c. “Partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which a person partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killin…

A person who intentionally kills a viable fetus aborted alive shall be guilty of a class “B” felony. [C79, 81, §707.9 ] Definition of “viability”, §702.20